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【题目】Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a getting. It was not until in my later thirties【1】 I made this important discovery: giving away things 【2】 (make) life so much more exciting. One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost 【3】 (possibility) to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in 【4】 unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered a letter to my home, though it 【5】 (address) to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 【6】 (appreciate). More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes 【7】 (leave), and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us a letter a year ago about 【8】 (deliver) a special delivery to your home?” I said yes. “Well, you are 【9】 (certain) going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know 【10】 a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.

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【答案】

【1】that

【2】makes

【3】impossible

【4】an

【5】was addressed

【6】appreciation

【7】left

【8】delivering

【9】certainly

【10】what

【解析】文章主要讲述了作者通过一件事明白了给予事物让生活更令人兴奋。

【1】考查强调句。句意：直到我三十多岁的时候，我才发现了这个重要的发现。It was not until…that…直到...才...根据题意，故填that。

【2】考查动词时态。句意：给予事物让生活更令人兴奋。“giving away things”动名词作主语，谓语动词使用第三人称单数。根据题意，故填makes。

【3】考查形容词作表语。句意：我的一个发现是，在这个世界上，如果没有回报，几乎不可能放弃任何东西。形容词作表语，“it is impossible to do ”，根据题意，故填impossible。

【4】考查不定冠词。句意：我的一个发现是，在这个世界上，如果没有回报，几乎不可能放弃任何东西。根据题意，故填an。

【5】考查被动语态。句意：一个星期日的早晨，当地邮局给我的家发了一封信，尽管那封信地址是我的办公室。be addressed to在(信封和包裹)上写姓名地址；致(函)。根据题意，故填was addressed。

【6】考查名词。句意：我写了一封感谢信给邮局局长。介词of后使用名词。根据题意，故填appreciation。

【7】考查过去分词作定语。句意：在窗口我被告知没有箱子了。boxes与leave之间处于被动关系，故使用过去分词作定语。根据题意，故填left。

【8】考查动名词。句意：是不是你一年前给我们写了一封信，递送到你家？介词about后使用动名词。根据题意，故填delivering。

【9】考查副词。句意：嗯，如果我们必须为你做一个，你肯定会在这个邮局里有一个盒子。副词修饰动词。根据题意，故填certainly。

【10】考查宾语从句。句意：你不知道那封信对我们意味着什么。由what引导宾语从句。根据题意，故填what。